Lives of the English Poets: Swift-LytteltonClarendon Press, 1905 - English poetry |
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... tell you , that when I was very young I had more desire to be famous than ever since . ' Pope's Works ( Elwin and Courthope ) , vii . 150. On Oct. 31 he wrote to Bolingbroke of fame : ' With age we learn to know the house is so full ...
... tell you , that when I was very young I had more desire to be famous than ever since . ' Pope's Works ( Elwin and Courthope ) , vii . 150. On Oct. 31 he wrote to Bolingbroke of fame : ' With age we learn to know the house is so full ...
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... tell distinctly enough , but that is all . He had to count ten , and he has counted it right . Why , Sir , Tom Davies might have written The Conduct of the Allies . Boswell's Johnson , ii . 65 . ... 1 Some Remarks on the Barrier Treaty ...
... tell distinctly enough , but that is all . He had to count ten , and he has counted it right . Why , Sir , Tom Davies might have written The Conduct of the Allies . Boswell's Johnson , ii . 65 . ... 1 Some Remarks on the Barrier Treaty ...
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... tell a fair story . ' Works , vi . 342. See also ib . p . 399 . Sunderland , when First Lord of the Treasury , had given the dis- posal of the patent to the Duchess , who sold it to Wood . Walpole , his successor , saw the danger ; but ...
... tell a fair story . ' Works , vi . 342. See also ib . p . 399 . Sunderland , when First Lord of the Treasury , had given the dis- posal of the patent to the Duchess , who sold it to Wood . Walpole , his successor , saw the danger ; but ...
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... telling his intentions , and bade them take notice that their fellow - servant was no longer Robert the butler , but that his integrity had made him Mr. Blakeney , verger of St. Patrick's , an officer whose income was between thirty and ...
... telling his intentions , and bade them take notice that their fellow - servant was no longer Robert the butler , but that his integrity had made him Mr. Blakeney , verger of St. Patrick's , an officer whose income was between thirty and ...
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... tell you freely , the part of the pro- jectors is the least brilliant . ' Ib . xvii . 71. Gay and Pope wrote : - ' As to other critics , they think the flying island is the least entertaining ; —it is agreed that part was not writ by ...
... tell you freely , the part of the pro- jectors is the least brilliant . ' Ib . xvii . 71. Gay and Pope wrote : - ' As to other critics , they think the flying island is the least entertaining ; —it is agreed that part was not writ by ...
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